Comments on: Report: Falcons willing to move up from No. 6 in Round Onehttps://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/25/report-falcons-willing-to-move-up-from-no-6-in-round-one/
ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.comThu, 24 May 2018 18:06:08 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: wat627https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/25/report-falcons-willing-to-move-up-from-no-6-in-round-one/#comment-3258589
Wed, 26 Mar 2014 09:42:03 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251551#comment-3258589I’m old school, let’s just wait and see what happens.
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Wed, 26 Mar 2014 06:30:45 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251551#comment-3258537As long as it only costs them an extra pick or two (2nd rd and late rounder to move up), I’d say do it especially if you can grab your player but they really shouldn’t move up as the deep draft is filled with talent. At #6, they can get Mathews if they don’t get Robinson, Mack if they can’t get Clowney, or even Mike Evans, if they can’t get Watkins. At #6, they are a prime canidate to trade down as they can get a team to give a boatload of picks for 1 player and even a future #1.
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Wed, 26 Mar 2014 03:45:55 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251551#comment-3258369There’s no way THE ATL is going Sammy Watkins: despite a recovering Julio Jones, an aging Indian giver Roddy White but underrated gem Harry Douglas + Darius Johnson & Drew Davis are young bucks who can get the job done. They will move up for Clowney or Greg Robinson only, they will stay put or move down most likely. There are just too many holes.
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 23:13:42 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251551#comment-3257813why the heck would you give sam baker that contract!?
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 18:18:46 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251551#comment-3256707The reason they’re considering this is because the just received 3 compensatory draft picks at the owners meeting yesterday. They get a 4th round and 2 7th round picks (139, 253 & 255 overall).
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 18:13:19 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251551#comment-3256680It seems the Falcons have learned nothing from last season when hey had little to no depth to speak of. They ended up like that because they’ve traded so many draft picks away to move up in past drafts.

But the consistently good teams don’t move up in the draft, they move down and acquire more draft picks. The more picks you have, the more likely you’ll hit on some.

And just like with Julio Jones, what happens when the player you traded so much to get ends up injured for an extended period of time? It’s a double whammy. You don’t have the services of that player, and you don’t have the depth you would have had if you’d never made the trade for them either.

I can understand that jobs are on the line if they have another losing season. But this “one player away” mentality the Falcons have isn’t very smart. A team is never one player away. It takes multiple players at key positions to make a team a champion. The Falcons should stay where they are or trade down.

I think Watkins is a dynamic WR that would definitely present problems for any defense, by stretching the field, commanding double teams and opening the ground attack as a result. With Watkins, White and Jones, you would almost be forced to play dime coverage for the entire game.

I can also see them drafting OT Greg Robinson, and that would definitely give them a great pass protector and road grader that would solidify they’re offensive line and provide QB Matt Ryan with blindside and backside protection for years to come.

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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:43:35 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251551#comment-3256586If Mack isn’t available, I’d like to see them move up a few spots and pick up a few extra low round picks.
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:39:59 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251551#comment-3256579If they want to trade up, it’s because they are ready to give up on Matty “Ice Cold”. He stunk in 2013 and there is no reason to believe it was an aberration. As their playmakers have gotten old, Ryan has been unmasked as the Matt Schaub or the Mark Sanchez of the NFC.
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:32:24 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251551#comment-3256537There are a lot of Falcons fans saying don’t move up,stay put and take the best OT & DE left. Idiots they done that their entire existence on OT & DE’s which is why they’re one of the few NFL teams without a ring! A scared man can’t gamble and a jealous man can’t work!
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:25:48 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251551#comment-3256504Sounds like they are envisioning Clowney as the next John Abraham.
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:24:52 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251551#comment-3256501If Clowney isn’t available, draft Matthews.

Falcons need to get better up front, protect Ryan. He’s the franchise. I expect Atlanta to make the playoffs this season. Saints will win the division, ATL will get a wildcard spot.

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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:12:03 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251551#comment-3256444There’s probably 12 studs in this draft and another 100 good players. The Jags can use any one of those top 12 so package up your 2nd and 5th rounders and we’ll swap ones.

You get the guy you want, we get a stud plus another solid guy and some depth. Win-win.

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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:06:30 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251551#comment-3256413Why do the Falcons operate as if they are a great team that is just 1 or 2 players away from the Super Bowl?

They have plenty of holes and should not be trading away a bunch of picks.

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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:59:56 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251551#comment-3256373Breaking: all teams willing to move up, move down, or stay put per sources.
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:58:43 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251551#comment-3256369I would be in favor of my Texans trading picks with Atlanta. They could still get one of the top 3 QBs and keep them from being tempted to take Clowney.
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:55:57 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251551#comment-3256348Trade Up!!! Come on, go for it!!!
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:52:36 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251551#comment-3256330For goodness sake, don’t move up. We need as many picks as we can get at this point to fill glaring holes. If mack is available take him. If not move down and pick up a second or third rounder and take the best OT or safety available.
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:51:17 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251551#comment-3256321So Atlanta has multiple holes and could beef up both sides on the ball in the trenches and they want to move up!?

I think Dimitroff would be better back as a Browns line painter.

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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:47:33 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251551#comment-3256309This would be the ideal thing for Cleveland if they have actually decided not to go for a QB in round one.
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:44:41 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251551#comment-3256302They should definitely move up if they believe the price is fair. If they identify a franchise player that they believe won’t be there at 6, then you definitely make that move.
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:44:17 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251551#comment-3256300hey atlanta this is cleveland hit us up again but it will cost u another 1st rounder in a future draft lol
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:42:24 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251551#comment-3256295TD-
Please do not trade up and give picks away. The draft is too deep for that. Hang at 6 or trade down. Don’t blow this we need depth!
Houston takes Bortles
Rams – Robinson
Jags – Clowney
Browns – a QB
Raiders – Watkins or a QB
Falcons – (Mack or Matthews will be there, just chill out with this trade up stuff, damn!)
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:39:30 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251551#comment-3256280Not a Raiders fan but, would like to see DE Clowney in silver & black. He reminds me of some of those great Chiefs, Broncos, and Raider defenders of the old AFL. He just personifies the “Raiders.”
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:38:50 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251551#comment-3256277If the Texans take a QB with the first overall pick, then do the Falcons trade up with the Rams to get Clowney – giving the Rams their second chance at hauling in a substantial loot to move back from #2 to #6?
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:38:12 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251551#comment-3256275Trading up will push your franchise back a few yrs. Just ask the Redskins. Stay put at 6.
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:34:27 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251551#comment-3256259i dont see a major quality difference in players that could go from 1-6 for what they will have to give up to get there.
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:34:25 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251551#comment-3256258Deal in good faith, and don’t Roddy on your agreement(s).
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